FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTICS, SECOND EDITION

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his thoroughly revised and updated text, now in its second edition, is primarily intended as a textbook for undergraduate students of Physics. The book provides a sound understanding of the fundamental concepts of optics adopting an integrated approach to the principles of optics. It covers the requirements of syllabi of undergraduate students in Physics and Engineering in Indian Universities. The book includes a wide range of interesting topics such as Fermatas principle, geometrical optics, dispersion, interference, diffraction and polarization of light waves, optical instruments and lens aberrations. It also discusses electromagnetic waves, fundamentals of vibrations and wave motion. The text explains the concepts through extensive use of line drawings and gives full derivations of essential relations. The topics are dealt with in a well-organized sequence with proper explanations along with simple mathematical formulations. New to the SECOND Edition ac Incorporates two new chapters, i.e., aFundamentals of Vibrationsa, and aWave Motiona ac Includes several worked-out examples to help students reinforce their comprehension of theory ac Provides Formulae at a Glance and Conceptual Questions with their answers for quick revision KEY FEATURES ac Provides several Solved Numerical Problems to help students comprehend the concepts with ease ac Includes Multiple Choice Questions and Theoretical Questions to help students check their understanding of the subject matter ac Contains unsolved Numerical Problems with answers to build problem-solving skillsAbhyankar, K.D. and Joshi, A.W., An Overview of Basic Theoretical Physics,
Universities Press (India), Hyderabad, 2009. Agarwal, B.K. ... Hewitt, Paul G.,
Conceptual Physics, 10th ed., Pearson Education, Inc., Noida, 2015. Jenkins,
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FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTICS, SECOND EDITION

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SINGH, DEVRAJ

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PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. - 2015-08-31

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